Some observers predict just that: famous carmakers will own the technology and brands, while manufacture and distribution will be contracted out to parts-makers or general engineering manufacturers.
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said the construction giants would not necessarily receive the bulk of the future work, which will be contracted out by the Environment Ministry.
Some of the new research will be conducted internally, he said, at a new company research center in Richmond, and some will be contracted out to universities and corporations case by case.
The union's big fear is that when management introduces new technologies to speed cargo handling, these highly prized jobs will be contracted out to companies using nonunion labor.
Running the funding programs, including the peer-review process, will be contracted out to research organizations and universities.
In addition, to ensure the objectivity and quality of the study data, data management and statistical analysis activities will be contracted out to third-party organizations, which will perform these activities according to predefined operation procedures.
To ensure the quality of data at each study site, monitoring activities will be contracted out to a second independent CRO, ASKLEP Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), which will be tasked with monitoring the study in accordance with the predefined monitoring plan.
To ensure transparency of the study, activities related to the study secretariat, data management, and statistical analyses will be contracted out to the contract research organization (CRO), Sogo Rinsho Médéfi Co., Ltd (Tokyo, Japan), and the study will be initiated after the written operation procedures and protocols for individual study-related activities have been predefined.
In both cases, most of this routine maintenance and repair work will be contracted out to established and experienced service providers, reducing the need for the new airline to maintain its own extensive maintenance and repair teams and facilities.
Much of the company's production will be contracted out to other American manufacturers, the company said.
The design, engineering and even most of the retailing will be contracted out.
